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Flowerpot with cranes, shishi, hoo-bird and lotur scrolls
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Flowerpot with cranes, shishi, hoo-bird and lotur scrolls

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1799 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Porcelain flowerpot, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, green, black and gold. On the outer wall three scalloped cartouches with two cranes near a pine tree, a phoenix above a tree and one with a shishi (lion-dog) near a peony. Around the cartouches leaf scrolls interrupted by two opposing panels from the rim and the foot with lotus scrolls and a half flower rosette. Around the foot a band with petal-shaped panels with flower branches; on the outer rim a band with lotus scrolls. The inner rim with a band with half flower rosettes. A hole in the bottom. The pot has been broken, restored with three staples. Imari.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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flowerpot
Credit lineFlowerpot with cranes, shishi, hoo-bird and lotur scrolls. c. 1700 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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